1. Background and terminology
There are many possible definitions of aging.
We retain the proposed definition
by the Nuclear Energy Agency and adopted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI): the process by which the characteristics of a system, structure or component (SSC) gradually change with time or use.
In the rest of the text, we also use the terminology in the following box, taken from the same reference.
EPRI terminology 16
Failure analysis: systematic process for determining and documenting the mechanisms and surface and root causes of SSC failure.
Service conditions: actual...
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